While players are away, others will play. That's been the case throughout training camp here at Anaheim ICE, where all players - young and older - are getting extended looks from head coach Randy Carlyle and his staff. Some of Anaheim's biggest names are still playing in the World Cup of Hockey tournament, including captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, which has given prospects such as Max Jones and Sam Steel even more time to gain valuable experience in their first professional training camp.

Another day of Ducks camp has come and gone, and much like yesterday, the on-ice work today focused on speed and tenacity. Head coach Randy Carlyle wants his team to attack, but also wants his players to know their roles on the team. So the drills used today were not only meant to push the players, but to also prove who's best suited to help this team succeed.

A familiar voice could be heard bellowing inside The Rinks - Anaheim ICE this morning, as the Ducks officially opened their 2016 training camp. Randy Carlyle, the winningest coach in franchise history, was back on the ice with the club he led to a Stanley Cup championship in 2007. A lot has changed since then for both the club and himself, but the fire he showed from his first go-around in Anaheim was rekindled this morning with up-tempo drills that had many players hunched over.

The Ducks and Prime Ticket/FOX Sports San Diego announced today the club's local television schedule for the 2016-17 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. Throughout Southern California and Las Vegas, eighty games will air live on Fox networks, including 77 on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West and three on KCOP-TV. For fans living in the San Diego market, 65 total Ducks games will air on FOX Sports San Diego. Two additional games will also air nationally on NBC Sports Network. Ahead of the regular season, Anaheim's preseason games on Sunday, Oct. 2 vs. Los Angeles and Sunday, Oct. 9 vs. Sharks will be broadcast on Prime Ticket and FOX Sports San Diego.

The Ducks will begin their 2016 Training Camp on Friday, Sept. 23 at THE RINKS - Anaheim ICE. Players will be split into three groups from Friday - Sunday, with practices running from 9 a.m. - noon (using both NHL and Olympic rinks). A scrimmage will take place on Monday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m.

The Ducks announced today that the club's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate San Diego Gulls will host the Ontario Reign (Kings AHL affiliate) in a preseason contest on Monday, Oct. 10 at Honda Center (7 p.m.). The game and parking will be free of charge to all fans (more information below).

After coming up short in a 3-2 loss yesterday against the Colorado Avalanche, the Ducks prospects admitted they could perform better, and today they backed up those words in the form of a 5-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks in the Rookie Showcase finale.

Led by Nick Ritchie's game-high two goals, the Ducks also got tallies from Kevin Roy, Max Jones and Keaton Thompson, while Kevin Boyle and Antoine Samuel combined to stop 34 of 37 shots at the Ice Centre at the Promenade.

Anaheim's prospect pool was on display this afternoon in the first of two Rookie Showcase games the club is playing in Westminster, Colorado. Today, the Ducks prospects took on the host club, the Colorado Avalanche, in a spirited contest that featured some of the top players in the farm system for both sides.

In the end, however, it was Colorado that came out on top, a 3-2 final in front of a packed house at the Ice Centre at the Promenade. Nicolas Kerdiles and Julius Nattinen scored for Anaheim, while Kevin Boyle stopped 24 of 27 shots in the loss. Nattinen led the Ducks with a goal and an assist, while defenseman Cody Corbett paced the Avs with two points (assists).

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Highlighting the third day of Ducks rookie camp were line combinations that will likely be used over the next two days. Following today's 45-minute on-ice session at the THE RINKS - Anaheim ICE, the players and staff caught a flight to Denver, where tomorrow they'll take on the Colorado Avalanche in the first of two Rookie Showcase games being held in Westminster, Colorado. The Ducks will then battle the San Jose Sharks on Monday before returning to Orange County to conclude camp.

The second day of Ducks rookie camp is in the books, and there were a couple standouts on the ice this morning at The Rinks - Anaheim ICE.

Max Jones, Anaheim's first-round selection in this past June's NHL Draft, looked every bit like the player who helped lead the London Knights to a Memorial Cup Championship last season. Selected 24th overall, the 18-year-old was dynamic and explosive this morning during various drills led by San Diego Gulls head coach Dallas Eakins and his coaching staff.